Liverpool, who progressed to the quarter-finals 3-1 on aggregate after Philippe Coutinho cancelled out Anthony Martial’s penalty opener to secure a 1-1 draw in the second leg, faced more charges.
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United exited the competition after a 1 – 1 draw with Liverpool in the round of 16 after a 2 – 0 defeat in the first leg last week.
“All my friends in Dortmund want to play us – but only in Basel [where the final will be played on May 18]”, Klopp told BT Sport.
UEFA has opened disciplinary proceedings against Manchester United and Liverpool following disturbances during Thursday’s highly-charged Europa League tie. Expectations are very high so pressure for these players is always high. I know they’ve had injuries and it goes to show how important and fit Wayne Rooney is to this club. I’m looking at the characters. “Where are the leaders in this group?” Even tonight when they were chasing the game, Liverpool could have scored five or six easily. We managed the game pretty well and probably could have got another couple of goals – their goalkeeper made a few good saves. “That is where the leaders and characters come into it and we’re not seeing it”.
He added: “I am not angry, I am not frustrated”. For Manchester United, it was their latest failing after getting knocked out of the UEFA Champions League and losing their way in the race for the Premier League title.
Winning the Europa League looked United’s best chance of qualifying for the Champions League next season, but now they must try to finish in the top four. “We know that and we can cope with that but we were not lucky”.
“The way that we conceded that goal in the last second of the first half… you could build up the second half so handsome but then at half time they were disappointed and still they have given everything”.
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In 1958 eight United players were among 23 who died in a plane crash at Munich airport.
